Description

You will acquire an understanding of the core concepts, theories and models for strategically designing, managing and controlling global supply chains. This will give you an overview and detailed knowledge of the processes behind the flow of goods, materials, information or finances, from the moment a customer order triggers the chain of suppliers and until the product reaches end-users. Your knowledge of concepts, theories and models enables you to analyse data and evaluate the effect of changes in a given supply chain. Combining the knowledge and skills you build up, allows you to effectively integrate procurement, production, distribution and logistical processes in a company. The ability to match demand and supply and to have the right product at the right time in the right place is central to the concentration, and essential for the profitability of a company.

You will learn to plan and optimsize supply chain operations, but also
get the competencies of developing global supply networks and supplier
relations. Through this you will be able to influence decisions on both the
operational and the strategic level of business management.

Career Opportunities

As a SCM graduate, you develop excellent skills in collaborating and
managing across organisational and national borders, and you can fill
any number of positions.
Many graduates will find work as analysts in larger companies or
consultancies, working with the strategic elements of supply chain
management or process integration and optimisation. This could also
entail working with CSR to improve the sustainability of supply chains.
Others will work with purchasing and procurement. This could for
instance include strengthening relationships, obtaining the best
combination of quality and price, searching for and managing strategic
suppliers or analysing supplier markets.

You could also find work as a
key account manager to secure effective customer services, or work with
logistics in scheduling, inventory control, or finding out effective
ways of reaching the customer on time.
No matter which practical task you handle, you have the overall
understanding of the whole and can point out when there is a better way
of doing things.

About the degree

Supply Chain Management is a two-year master’s programme that is divided into 4 semesters. The autumn semester runs from September through November with exams in December and January; and the spring semester from February through April with exams in May and June.In the first year you have 7 mandatory courses and a business project. In the second, elective courses and a Master’s thesis.Student lifeFor information about student life at CBS, you can visit studentlife.cbs.dk to watch videos and get in touch with international students currently enrolled at the university.

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